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Adam

  • Frances Poet
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9781848426979

If you are born in a country where being yourself can get you killed, exile is your only choice.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Edinburgh Fringe First Award (2017)
If you are born in a country where being yourself can get you killed, exile is your only choice.

Frances Poet's play Adam is the remarkable true story of a young trans man having to make that choice and begin his journey. It charts Adam’s progress from Egypt to Scotland, across borders and genders, in his search for a place to call home.

The play was first performed by the National Theatre of Scotland at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017, where it won a Fringe First award. It was directed by Cora Bissett, with music by Jocelyn Pook.
REVIEWS:

"A resonant, broad meditation on the theme of identity… a compelling, hugely moving experience, and a show that blurs boundaries between theatrical artifice and real-life trauma to provocative effect."

 The Arts Desk

"What a lovely thing Adam is… a beautiful adaptation of [this true] story."

 Observer

"No pale recreation, but honest first-person testimony... essential viewing."

 Independent 

"Deeply moving… with an extraordinary story at its heart, Adam is a compelling piece of theatre, which seeks to fully interrogate the challenges of the trans experience."

 The List

"A big-hearted, moving show that explores both the human urgency of living your truth and the cost of that transformation."

 WhatsOnStage

"Fearlessly honest… fresh, interesting and impactful, with a strong message of hope and persistence against bigotry that remains sincere throughout."

 The Skinny

"High-energy and often spectacular theatre."

 Scotsman

"Compelling… bravely and joyously affirms [trans and non-binary people's] humanity in a time when many political regimes seem to be conspiring to deny it."

 Exeunt Magazine

Premiere Production: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2017

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 1F

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If you are born in a country where being yourself can get you killed, exile is your only choice.

Frances Poet's play Adam is the remarkable true story of a young trans man having to make that choice and begin his journey. It charts Adam’s progress from Egypt to Scotland, across borders and genders, in his search for a place to call home.

The play was first performed by the National Theatre of Scotland at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017, where it won a Fringe First award. It was directed by Cora Bissett, with music by Jocelyn Pook.

$24.95

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